GOD SPEAKS by Abbie Anderson

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 16, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 49.

GOD SPEAKS.

By Abbie Anderson

BY ABBIE ANDERSON.

God speaks to thee, O man! It may be when the heavens Are bright with stars, Or when the stars are blotted out By clouds and rain; It may be when thy cheek Is flushed with health, Or when thy brow is knotted Hard with pain. But then or now, O man, God speaks to thee!

God speaks to thee, O man! It may be in the busy Marts of trade, Where gold and silver strive With all their power thy soul to snare; It may be in the cooling Woodland shade, Where lilies bloom and take No thought or care, But here or there, O man, God speaks to thee!

God speaks to thee, O man! He waits to make thy soul As sweet, thine ear as sensitive, As any child's. Oh, bid him no more Wait outside, But fling thy heart's door Open wide, And here and there And everywhere, O man, God dwells with thee!

—New York Observer.